Small Town Southern Charm

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Things around the house were so awkward lately, Mom and Dad didn’t really say much to Thomas or me. They just kind of went around us like we weren’t even there. I knew it was hurting Thomas to know that they were acting like that. Johnny hadn’t came over to the house in a few days because he didn’t want to upset them more.
“Thomas and Tara, come down here.” I heard Mom yell from downstairs. “We want to talk to you two.” She told us when we got to where she was. “We over reacted the other night and we’re sorry. We would like to have Lidia and Johnny over here tonight.”
“For what? So you can tell him how much you don’t like him again?” I asked them both.
“No, we want to say sorry.” Dad told me.

I didn’t want to ask Johnny, I knew how he felt after that night. What Dad had said made him feel like shit.

Josh’s POV:

I hated the fact that Taralyn was with Johnny and not with me. I hated that I couldn’t go around her because all I could think about was kissing her. I couldn’t take seeing her beautiful face and not being able to touch her. Yeah, I would still talk to her on the phone or something. I wouldn’t hang out with her much though, I would just tell her that my mom needed me to help her do something. I knew she didn’t believe me but I couldn’t let her know the real reason.
Tara called me every night and we would talk about an hour each time. One night last week she called me and I could tell that she was upset. When she told me what her dad said about Johnny at dinner, I couldn’t help but to smile. I knew that her dad didn’t like Johnny, even when he said that it was okay for him to see her. He was doing it to make Tara happy, Tara just didn’t realize that.
I was going fishing this evening with Thomas and I had a feeling that Tara was going to be there too. I wanted to see her but I knew she was going to wonder why I could hang out with Thomas but not with her.
“Hey man.” Thomas said as I walked down the bank to the pond.
“Hey, what’s goin’ on?”
“Not much. Been getting all of my crap packed to move.”
“Oh yeah? How’s things been goin’ at the house?”
“They been alright. Mom and Dad want Lidia and Johnny to come over tonight to say sorry or whatever.”
“How you think that’s going to go?”
“Well, right now only one of the two are coming.”
“Why?”
“Johnny said he’s not coming over here for someone to tell him that they’re sorry when they’re not. Hell, I don’t blame him.”
Taralyn’s POV:

I had been on the phone with Johnny for about thirty minutes trying to get him to come over. He wouldn’t give in though, there was no changing his mind.
“Hey, meet me at the diner. I need to talk to you about something.” Johnny told me while we were on the phone.
“Okay. I’ll be over there in a little bit.” Johnny was already there, he was eating lunch with JoAnna.
I was nervous about going to talk to him though, it kind of sounded like he was breaking up with me. By the time I got there JoAnna was gone, thank God. When I walked over to where he was sitting, he got up and kissed me.

“What did you want to talk about?” I asked as we sat there.
“It’s nothing too bad, I promise.” He told me while grabbing my hands. “I got a job offer.”
“That’s great!” I smiled.
“The thing is it’s two counties over.”
“Oh.”
“I have to stay in that county for a while but I will come here as much as I can.”
“You’re leaving?”
“Yeah, for a little while.”
“Wow. This again.”
“No, Tara, no. I am not leaving you again, I’m not letting you go again. I just have to stay in that county for a while, while I get everything situated with the job.”
“Yeah…sure…okay.”
“Don’t be mad, I won’t be gone long. I will still be here with you, I’ll come here as much as I can.”
“What will you be doing?”
“One of my friends from there has opened up his own tattoo and piercing shop. He wants me to come and help him out.”
“You don’t pierce or tattoo.”
“I use to tattoo a lot when I was home.”
“Oh.”
“Most of the ones on my left forearm are by me.” He told me.
“Oh okay.” I was going to change the subject. “So, are you still not coming over tonight?”
“No, I told you Tara. I’m not going to go over there for them to say sorry when I know they’re not really sorry. They don’t regret what your dad said about me. He doesn’t like me and it’s not going to change. I’m tired of them sweet talking me to my face and shit talking me behind my back. I’m not doing it Tara. I’m sorry.”
Well, my day couldn’t get any worse.
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